Rapid detection of α+ thalassaemia deletion & α-globin gene triplication by Gap-PCR in Indian subjects

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 116, Issue OCT., 2002, Pages 155-161

  Agarwal, Sarita ^a   Sarwai, Swati ^a   Nigam, Nitu ^a   Singhal, Pragya ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Gene deletion; Thalassaemia; Gap PCR; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036819603     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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